(2025-07-16). U.S. calls on Israel to investigate killing of Palestinian-American young man by Israeli settlers. mondoweiss.net 
The Trump administration is calling on Israel to investigate the killing of Sayfollah Musallet, but Israel rarely holds soldiers or settlers accountable for violence against Palestinians.
(2025-07-16). Tariffs, threats, and economic sanctions: Trump's tense relationship with Latin America. peoplesdispatch.org Trump's approach to Latin America is an intensification of his first term approach to the region which is now dominated by progressive-leaning heads of state.
(2025-07-16). Ex-UN Special Rapporteur: Francesca Albanese Deserves Nobel Prize. popularresistance.org The day after Donald Trump welcomed indicted war criminal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the United States for the third time in less than six months, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio imposed sanctions against UN Special Rapporteur on Occupied Palestine Francesca Albanese for her clear-eyed critiques of Israel's genocide. | In a July 9 press statement, Rubio charged that Albanese "has directly engaged with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in efforts to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute nationals of the United States or Israel, without the consent of those two countries."
(2025-07-16). In the Spirit of BRICS, Criminal Defendant Jair Bolsonaro Should be Immediately be Transferred to China: a Modest Proposal. counterpunch.org 
In one of the most bizarre episodes in the history of international trade, President Donald Trump this week announced that 50% tariffs would be imposed on Brazil—a country that has a trade surplus with the United States and is one of its most important importers of coffee, orange juice, and petroleum—solely on the condition that
(2025-07-16). Real and Fake Antidotes to Trump's Latest Tariffs, Seen from South Africa. socialistproject.ca 
(2025-07-16). Why is Donald Trump afraid of the BRICS? therealnews.com 
At 11: 26PM, Sunday night, July 6, I received a text from my producers. I was in Rio de Janeiro, covering the BRICS summit for an international news agency. They wanted me to go live. The summit was only halfway done, but US President Donald Trump had already posted on Truth Social in retaliation. "Any Country …
(2025-07-16). Trump's ICE Raids Target Working-Class Immigrants, Not Criminals. mintpressnews.com Editor's Note | This report is part of MintPress News' on-the-ground coverage of escalating ICE operations under the Trump administration. Reporter Jalyssa Dugrot spent several days embedded in Los Angeles' Koreatown neighborhood, speaking directly with undocumented immigrants, day laborers, and organizers impacted by the raids. As ICE operations intensify across the country, Dugrot's reporting exposes how immigration enforcement is being used as a pretext for expanding government surveillance and police power. | Following Donald Trump's pledge to detain 3,000 undocumented immigrants per day, Immigration and Cust…
(2025-07-16). Palestinian man detained at Houston airport for nine days, says attorney. mondoweiss.net 
Muhanad J. M. Alshrouf, a 22-year-old Palestinian man, was detained by immigration authorities at Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport for nine days. Attorneys say his detention is just one part of the Trump administration's broader crackdown.
(2025-07-16). After Trump Dismissed Minneapolis Police's Federal Consent Decree, City Attorney Prevents Reform Merge. unicornriot.ninja 
Minneapolis, MN — The Trump administration ditched Minneapolis Police's federal Department of Justice consent decree on the fifth anniversary of George Floyd's murder. Minneapolis officials want to merge these reform provisions into an active state agreement. These efforts stalled during a July 8 City Council meeting. In 2023, Hennepin County Judge Karen Janisch approved a …
(2025-07-16). BRICS Challenge President Trump's Kingdom. "Punishment Is Trump's Solution" globalresearch.ca As Trump threatens Putin with Lindsey Graham style sanctions and tariffs, he makes no threats against Zelenskky.
(2025-07-16). Trump denounces "Epstein Hoax" as MAGA rift grows over Musk's calls for transparency. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- U.S. President Donald Trump has dismissed mounting pressure over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, denouncing it as "just another hoax" in a combative Truth Social post that criticized Democrats and former supporters alike. "Their new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax," Trump wrote, comparing it to what he called previous smear campaigns, including the Steele dossier, the Russia investigation, and the "Laptop from Hell." He ridiculed those demanding answers, stating: "I don't want their support anymore," accusing them of falling for "bullshit" spread by "the Lunatic Left."Donald J. T…
(2025-07-16). Trump's "Consistent" Views on Federal Reserve Head Jerome Powell and the Wealth of the Wealthiest. counterpunch.org 
The head of the Federal Reserve Board has been viewed as the second most powerful person in the government. In theory, this person heads the body that oversees the country's monetary policy with the power to set interest rates, which shapes the economy by impacting the cost of borrowing money. In an act of "extreme
(2025-07-16). White House Faith Office Lunch Takes Bizarre Turn. Trump vs Al Capone. globalresearch.ca Things got a bit awkward during the White House Faith Office luncheon on Monday.
(2025-07-16). Trump's Cuba Memorandum Provokes Strong Criticism Amid New US Aggressiveness Abroad. counterpunch.org 
The Trump administration on June 30 released its "National Security Presidential Memorandum 5" on U.S. plans for Cuba. Criticism from Cuba's government and international commentators welled up, as if entirely new forms of anti-Cuba aggression were in the works. That may or may not be so. Actually, the recent Memorandum was a re-issue of the
(2025-07-16). Trump and Netanyahu dither on Gaza ceasefire. electronicintifada.net Congressman Randy Fine makes a new bigoted foray.
(2025-07-16). 5 Ways the Trump Administration Is Militarizing Our Immigration System. ips-dc.org It couldn't be any clearer: we need to defund the separation of families and invest beyond the enforcement paradigm into the well-being of all of our communities.
(2025-07-16). Trump Warns Russia of "Very Severe Tariffs" if Peace Agreement Isn't Reached within 50 Days. globalresearch.ca The comments by United States President Donald Trump, in which he threatened to impose tariffs on Russia if a peace agreement on the Ukrainian crisis is not reached within 50 days, are an example of Washington's current international decline….
(2025-07-16). Trump Confuses Telling Blatant Lies With a Straight Face With Competence. counterpunch.org 
We all know and expect that a president's top appointees are picked in large part because of their willingness to carry out a president's agenda. But usually these are people with some experience in the areas that they are overseeing. Insofar as this is not the case, they can generally rely on the high-level career
(2025-07-16). Trump administration bans bond hearings, paving way for mass indefinite detention of immigrants. wsws.org Millions of workers and their family members face imprisonment for months or years as part of the fascistic assault on democratic rights.
(2025-07-16). Chicagoans Call On Pritzker To Fund Transit, Other Public Services. popularresistance.org Chicago, IL — "We are here to demand that Governor JB Pritzker live up to his promise of standing up against the cuts and the cruelty of the Trump administration," Chicago Teachers Union member Jesse Bostic said to the hundreds of people who rallied in Daley Plaza on Saturday afternoon, July 12. | Better Streets Chicago organized the protest in response to the Illinois government's failure to secure funding necessary to prevent 40% service cuts to public transportation. | "This fight isn't just about buses and trains, it's about workers having dignity, it's about students being able to get to school. Let's…
(2025-07-16). Food stamp recipients brace for Trump's spending cuts. america.cgtn.com 
Among the sweeping cuts in U.S. President Donald Trump's so-called "big, beautiful" spending bill; are substantial reductions to core safety-net programs for the poor and disabled. That includes the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP. | Commonly called 'food stamps,' this assistance is seen as a lifeline for families in need. | CGTN's Nitza Soledad Perez talks to the people who will be impacted by these cuts.
(2025-07-16). Kim Jong Un is nuking up and playing hard to get. responsiblestatecraft.org
(2025-07-16). Trump's About-Face on Ukraine. ips-dc.org
(2025-07-16). Zhang Yongle: Reconfiguring Hegemony. newleftreview.org A view from China of the battle for America's ideological soul, pitting Trump, home-grown nemesis of Western liberal democracy, against Francis Fukuyama, subtlest philosopher of its world-historical triumph. Are these contrasted figures two manifestations of the same hegemonic principle?
(2025-07-16). MAGA Embraces Forever Wars With Foreign Policy Flip. mintpressnews.com Over the past six months, the MAGA movement has undergone a dramatic transformation, shedding what little remained of its anti-establishment, anti-war identity. The populist rhetoric that once promised to end "forever wars" and put "America First" now echoes the neoconservative consensus it once claimed to oppose. Donald Trump's foreign policy positions, especially on Ukraine, NATO and military spending, have shifted to align almost point for point with the bipartisan war machine entrenched in Washington. | Nowhere is this clearer than in Trump's recent remarks on the Russia-Ukraine conflict. He warned Moscow tha…
(2025-07-16). Donald Trump's Greatest "Triumph" counterpunch.org 
Yes, he's done quite a job so far and, in a way, it couldn't be simpler to describe. Somehow, he's managed to take the greatest looming threat to humanity and put it (excuse the all-too-appropriate image) on the back burner. I'm thinking, of course, about climate change. My guess is that you haven't read much
(2025-07-16). Marrero Cruz presenta actualización sobre objetivos y resultados de programa gubernamental para corregir distorsiones y reimpulsar la economía. cubadebate.cu Sobre el escenario en el primer semestre de 2025, dijo se mantienen los efectos del bloqueo recrudecido por la Administración Trump, que "persiste en las medidas de asfixia y busca entorpecer los ingresos externos del país, ejercer un efecto intimidatorio sobre los socios comerciales, desestimular la inversión extranjera y provocar un colapso de la economía (…) También persisten aspectos internos como conductas de continuar haciendo un poco más de lo mismo y no cosas diferentes en la búsqueda de soluciones alternativas".
(2025-07-16). German family's donated photos show Japan's 1930s bombing of Guangzhou. ecns.cn Oscar Lebeck holds up his father's photo album with Wu Chongqing of Sun Yat-sen University on July 4.The exhibition at Sun Yat-sen University will commemorate the 80th anniversary of victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.
(2025-07-16). Fighting fascists in Spain: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade. therealnews.com 
On July 17, 1936, the Nazi-backed Spanish General Federico Franco led an armed rebellion against the Spanish government. It began a bloody civil war that would last for years. Thousands of people left their homes and traveled to Spain to stand up and defend its democratically elected government against Franco and fascism. Roughly 35,000 people …
(2025-07-16). K-Defense Day: pimping for the arms dealers. onlineopinion.com.au President Lee doesn't want to be seen as an arms dealer — just the head of a nation competing to out-export everyone else in submarines and artillery.
(2025-07-16). Report: U.S., allies agree August deadline for Iran nuclear deal; Trump: No hurry to talk. haaretz.com